If Ken Griffey Jr. is ready to play on opening day, he will be in right field.

Cincinnati Reds manager Jerry Narron said Monday he expects to start Ryan Freel in center because Griffey is still working his way back from a broken left hand. The longtime center fielder was injured in the offseason while wrestling with his kids.

“Right now, that’s what our plan is. We would have loved for him to be available opening day to play center field — it just didn’t work out,” Narron said.

Griffey, a 10-time Gold Glove winner in center, has taken fly balls and made throws from right field in practice. Narron said he was very cautious about deciding to move the 37-year-old slugger from his customary spot.

“We had to make a decision. This late in the spring we need to get our club out on the field,” he said. “I’ve got to do everything I can do to put our best club out there. My feeling is that with Ryan Freel out there, it gives us strong defense up the middle.”

Griffey’s agent, Brian Goldberg, said his client had known the Reds’ plans.

“Junior understands the team tells us where he should play, and that’s the way it should be,” Goldberg said.

Padres: Left-hander David Wells has Type 2 diabetes, which the team says is controllable. Wells was diagnosed two weeks ago, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported in Monday’s editions.

“Obviously, this is a concern,” he told the newspaper. “But it’s beatable. And I’m going to beat it. It’s going to take some lifestyle changes. And I’m already making them.”

Dodgers: The Los Angeles pitcher who made more headlines for his rocks than his lobs during training camp this spring was reassigned to the team’s minor league camp. Matt White, a 29-year-old left-hander, discovered a valuable rock quarry behind a house he bought from an aunt three years ago in western Massachusetts.

The reliever allowed one earned run and two hits in 7-1/3 innings. He said he will be sent to Triple-A Las Vegas, where he is likely to be a situational left-hander.

Yankees: Jeff Karstens has put himself into consideration for Kei Igawa’s spot in the Yankees’ rotation. Karstens allowed his first runs of the year, giving up four over 4-1/3 innings against the Blue Jays. He had pitched 10 consecutive scoreless innings before Aaron Hill’s two-run double with two outs in the second during New York’s 9-1 loss to Toronto.

Karstens’ emergence could alter plans for Igawa, who signed a $20 million, five-year contract after the Yankees bid $26 million for his rights. Yankees manager Joe Torre won’t rule out the possibility that Igawa, who has struggled with his control, could begin the season in the minors.

Marlins: Dontrelle Willis was named Florida’s starting pitcher when the team opens the season at Washington on April 2. It will be the second straight Opening Day start for the left-hander.

Braves: Chipper Jones missed his fourth straight game with a sore muscle in his right side.

Indians: Cleveland has begun contract talks about a multiyear contract for right-hander Jake Westbrook, who is eligible for free agency after the season.

Tigers: Outfielder Cameron Maybin, the Tigers’ top pick in the 2005 draft, was among 10 players returned to the minors.

Phillies: Right-hander Justin Germano is heading back to San Diego after the Padres claimed him off waivers. A week ago, it appeared Germano was in the mix for a spot with Philadelphia. But the Phillies were hoping to send Germano to Triple-A Ottawa, but he couldn’t get through waivers.

Rangers: Three years after changing their stadium name to Ameriquest Field, the team severed a 30-year naming rights deal with struggling lender Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and rebranded their home field as Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Right-hander Thomas Diamond, taken by Texas with the 10th pick of the 2004 amateur draft, will have elbow-ligament replacement surgery today and miss the rest of the season.

Exhibition highlights: Jason Lane, who is trying hard to reclaim his right-field job with the Houston Astros, hit two home runs, including a three-run shot off reliever Mike Koplove in the sixth inning that put the Astros ahead to stay in their 4-2 win over the Florida Marlins … Michael Barrett hit two home runs and drove in four runs in the Chicago Cubs 16-4 win over the Seattle Mariners. Alfonso Soriano hit his second home run of the spring for the Cubs.

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